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RAILROAD TIE.

No. 445,274. PatentedJaJn. 27,1891.

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ITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS, OF LEXINGTON, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE- I'IALETO SAMUEL D. GIVIN, OF SAME PLACE.

RAILROAD-TIE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0. 445,274, dated January27, 1891.

Application tiled July 16. 1890. Serial No. 358,929. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom it may concern.-

`Be it known that I, HARRY IRWIN JEEEERS, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Lexington, in the county of Holmes and State ofMississippi, have invented new and useful Improvements in Railway-Ties,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relatcs'to an improvement in railway-ties; and it consistsin the construetion and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, andpointed out definitely in the claim.

The object of my invention is to provide a tie with respect to which therails may be readily attached and detached and which may be utilizedwithout the application of spikes. I attain this object by theconstruction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, Wherein likeletters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views,and in Which- Figure l is a perspective View of my tie, and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section through the center.

In the drawings. A represents the tie, preferably formed of metal,having a rectangular opening in its center, as at B.

The upper face of the ends of the tieis cut away or reduced, as at O,the inner portion being cut diagonally inward, forming tongue D, havingits upper edge projecting over the reduced portion. In the end portionsare formed longitudinal recesses or channels E. extending through thereduced portion and the central part into the central opening B. Theouter part of the recess has an open top, thereby forming a shoulder e.Slidingly arranged in the recesses E are clamping-bars or securers I,formed to snugly fit in the recesses, and having reduced inner ends f,which pass through to the opening B. These ends have vertical slotstherein, through which is adapted to pass a suitable wedge G for lockingthe bars in place. The outer ends of the bars F have a gripping-tongueII thereon, with an inclined edge to form a gripping-surfacecorresponding to the one on the tie, which is oppositely inclined.

In operation the rails are placed in position, the inner flangesprojecting under the tongues D. The bar F is then drawn in by forcingdown the wedge and the tongue H forced over the opposite iiange of therail. The rails are thereby securely held in place, and by withdrawingthe wed ge they may be readily released.

I am aware that many minor changes in the construction and arrangementof the part-s of Iny device can be made without in the least departingfrom the nature and principle of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A railway-tie consisting of a metal bar formed with a rectangularopening in its center and fiat cut-away outer upper faces, the inner endwalls of the cut-away portions being inclined inwardly to formgrippingtongues extending entirely across the tie, and havinglongitudinal channels in the cut-away portions terminating at theirinner ends in slots beneath the tongues and leading into the centralopenings, the sliding clampingbars in the channels, their ends extendingthrough the slots and formed with vertical apertures, the outer ends ofthe bars formed with enlarged gripping-tongues, and Wedges passingthrough the apertures in the bars and impinging against the end walls ofthe central opening, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HARRY IRWIN JEFFERS.

Witnesses:

WILL SMITH, E. D. MCBEE.

It is hereby certified that the name of the assignee in Letters PatentNo. L. granted January 27, 1891, upon the application of Harry IrwinJeffers, of Les Mississippi, for an improvement in lftailroad-Ties,7 waserroneously Writt printed Samuel D. Grivin,77 Whereas said name shouldhave. been Written and Samuel D. Gwin; and that the said Letters Patentshould loe read with this co:

therein that the same may conform to the record of the oase in thePatent Oi Signed, eonntersigned, and sealed this 17th day 0f February,A. D. 1891.

GYRUS BUSSEY Assistant Secretary of the l [SEAL] Gonntersigned C. E.MITCHELL,

Uofnmzissoner 0f Patents.

